Thanks farmers for all of the suggestions! Nothing but great replies, hope to keep them coming.
Here is a little update I added to the shop front based on some of your replies. I appreciate everything!
P.S. Caps Packs (aka OGBiowar) will be here next week!
get with Cap, maybe u can stock his bennies
Should be here this week!
From walking the same path....
lemme give you some advice: Always remember that what interests you may not interest others.
Keep in mind that "uncommon" products may/may not sell. It's also very hard to get folks to switch from what they know. This includes coming into a new store and trying uncommon products.
Focus on what will sell first. I know that isn't much fun, but it's a tough business and having 10 uncommon products on the shelf will do little to get your name out there if you don't have the ONE common product folks came in for. It's truly tough to figure out what to stock...and sure as you think you have it dicked folks will come in asking for something you don't have. then..you buy that product....and nobody comes in to buy it. yikes.
A few ideas. Some of these may not be practical...dunno what yer set up is/locale is/capacity for butt-busting work is/time constraints are...etc. or what products are going for these days too discern profit margins.....but maybe it will foster thought:
Bulk soils- brought in by the truckload.....sold back out by the pound. Folks could custom mix
Bulk amendments- Possibly rebagged/branded as your "Store line" -
ACT brew kits....also branded through your store
I made 11 site cloners from 5 gal buckets while trying to pass time in the store and sold more of them than EZ-cloners/etc. with a better profit margin.
again though..... keep costs in mind. How much cash will you be out if you can't sell the item? And...keep that "just because <I> think it's cool...will it really sell? This is key!
Thanks for the input! I couldnt agree more, stocked up on soils and amendments, even added a super soil display with different recipes (including subcools). Loving the idea of the ACT Brew kits. I got ahold of Xtreme Nutrients and found out they teamed up with
Titan Controls to make a Tea Brewer, so i picked up one as a display (I like to support the indoor gardening economy, so as far as building my own brewer and selling those, i felt it would be more beneficial to our little network to represent good industry companies)
Stay away from hyped trends... HG
Roots Excelurator , Sure to Grow off the top off my head. Like Sky said, soil amendments. Get some bulk bins sell by the pound. Have some good base soil ingredients/recipes (coco, peat, perlite, worm castings, pumice, compost, humus for custys to use. Similar to a brew store, walk in and say I want Mirror Pond, they will have it almost prepacked for you. Get a vortex brewer. Brew batches. Give away a gallon of concentrate, then $5 for next. to name a few
Watch out for specials from distributors.
Thanks for the advice, deffinatley stocked the soil amendments! Still looking for some
diatomaceous earth to carry. As far as the vortex brewer, I have built one at my place for personal use. I have a brewer from
Xtreme Gardening/
Titan Controls for reasons i stated above. (Love the idea, for my vortex brewer is amazing. maybe i will do a store front one once the ACT tea trend catches on in my area)
Vortex brewer would be dope! Especially displayed with ingredients for different brews.
Thanks for your input, as far as the brewer i stated that above^^^
Bioag fulpower and some of there other dry products. They have very good humic and fulvic acid products and I rarely see em in stores
Im a big fan of Bioag and fulpower. I have always had those products on hand! Great advice, i feel these products are a must have!
Sea Green
Banana Manna
Sorry But Roots E works, plain and simple.
Caps bennies or the like.
Earth Kelp
Earth Syrup
Just a few I have that are tried and true.
Great call on
Sea Green! I currently carry it, but moving on to carry their products True Blooms and
Rootamentary. Caps bennies should be here soon. Roots E works real well and i carry H&G's full line. will get the Earth Kelp, but have the syrup. Will look into Banna Manna as well, never used it but looks real interesting! Thanks again for your input
Thanks again farmers!
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